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NBC News said Wednesday it fired longtime “Today” show host Matt Lauer for “inappropriate sexual behaviour” involving a network employee that started when both were stationed at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and continued beyond that assignment.

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Johnny Galecki is reprising his Roseanne character for the show reboot.

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Stranger Things isn't just about the younger kids. Things are mighty strange for the Hawkins high schoolers in Season 2 as well, perhaps even more so.

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The gunman who unleashed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history first wounded an unsuspecting hotel security guard in a hallway who promptly radioed for help, according to a TV interview broadcast Wednesday with the guard and a hotel building engineer whose life he is credited with saving.

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John Dunsworth, the actor who played Jim
Lahey on Trailer Park Boys, has died at
age 71.

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Apple is teaming up with award-winning director Steven Spielberg for its first major push into TV programming.

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Canadian born ’Let’s Make a Deal’ game show host and philanthropist Monty Hall has died following a lengthy illness. He was 96.

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Former Motley Crue rocker Nikki Sixx has signed on to help mentor wannabes on new Canadian TV talent show The Launch.

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Saturday Night Live is adding three new cast members for its new season.

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“Survivor is back. Eighteen strangers are about to begin an adventure that will change their lives in the greatest social experiment on Earth. But only one will be named sole survivor.”

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Televisions? Where we’re going we don’t need televisions.

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The dystopian series The Handmaid’s Tale was crowned best TV drama on Sunday at the Emmy Awards, and the show also won best drama writing and directing while earning Elisabeth Moss a best actress statuette and Ann Dowd a best drama supporting actress award.

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Drew Barrymore is developing a new female-friendly horror series with longtime production partner Nancy Juvonen.

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls to resign amid a raft of corruption investigations, but the only prodding he got from Conan O’Brien concerned his choice of dog treats.

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A publicist for Jay Thomas says the actor and radio host has died. Thomas was 69.

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Matt LeBlanc turned down the chance to play over-emotional dad Phil Dunphy in Modern Family.

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Shania Twain has urged American Idol producers to consider her as a judge on the revamped talent show, because she’s ready to cast her vote.

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The stardust has settled from the just-ended Television Critics Association’s annual summer meeting, revealing a lot, if not everything, about the 2017-18 TV season. With a posh hotel as staging centre, a two-week parade of actors, producers and executives dished in Q&A sessions about their projects and TV in general.

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Hackers released an email from HBO in which the company expressed willingness to pay them $250,000 as part of a negotiation over electronic data swiped from HBO’s servers.